Morgan Inlet
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 Map of Thurston Island with Morgan Inlet (right) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 16 ′ S , 95 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| length | 29 km | |
| Islands | Barrett Island | |
| Tributaries | Mahaffey Glacier , Zinberg Glacier | |
The Morgan Inlet is a 29 km long bay with two side arms at the east end of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies between the Lofgren and the Tierney peninsula .
It was discovered in February 1960 during helicopter flights from the USCGC Burton Island and the USS Glacier as part of the United States Navy research trip to the Bellingshausen Sea . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Joseph R. Morgan, oceanographer and hydrograph of Task Force 43 of the United States Navy on this research trip .
Web links
- Morgan Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morgan Inlet on geographic.org